Theatre Alliance Presents Del Shores: SINgularly Sordid

The Southern-loved writer/director/producer -- and most recently added
stand-up comedian – is a familiar name to Winston-Salem theater audiences. His
plays Southern Baptist Sissies, Sordid Lives, Daddy’s Dyin’ (Who’s Got The Will?), and The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife have been
performed on the TA and other area stages. Theatre Alliance also produced a
staged reading of his drama Yellow
last season.

The creator of the Sordid Lives franchise and writer/director/producer
of Southern Baptist Sissies, Blues for Willadean, and Queer As Folk is back on stage with all
new hysterical, sordid stories. This time, Shores discusses the unexpected
comedy of returning to the world of dating after divorce in your 50s. Tinder,
Grindr, Scruff, OkCupid – “Oh, sh*t!” Shores quips, “Sometimes it's just too
damn much!” He shares a litany of bad dates and his own trials and tribulations
of being on the prowl again when you are a "minor gay celebrity".

In SINgularly Sordid, Shores
also poses the question – “Did my movie Sordid
Lives really influence six different women to super-glue their cheating
boyfriends and husband's… um, members, to their stomachs?”

And of course, Shores shares more letters from the haters and his
responses. Also, he has some new celebrity dish on Dolly Parton, George Lopez,
Leslie Jordan, and more. The censors will be absent and if you are easily
offended, Shores warns, “Stay home!”

Shores has had a busy year with the release of the film of his play Southern Baptist Sissies, which received
both critical and commercial success. He has also just completed the screenplay
for the final chapter of his Sordid Lives franchise – A Very Sordid Wedding. “Yes, we’re returning to the characters one
last time, bringing them into 2015 with Equality marching into Winters, Texas.”
Shores said recently. The film is set to film in Dallas in October.

Del Shores: SINgularly Sordid
will be presented Sunday August 16th at 6 pm at Theatre Alliance. There will be
a VIP meet and greet with Shores after the show. Tickets are $20 and
benefitting TA’s capital campaign, Size Matters. Reservations are strongly
suggested and available by visiting: delshores.tix.com.